State government puts an end to BRT buses

Lagos state government has aborted it's agreement with BRT,run by the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) .

According to the Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Dayo Mobereola, this termination is due to provide effective service.

"The termination of the franchise agreement with the operator is sequel to breaches of the BRT operations Service Level Agreement (SLA) it signed with the state government, despite years of discussions and engagement to ensure SLA was adhered to.

Though the SLA requires a one month notice prior to its termination, the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), custodian of the agreement, had indeed given a three-month notice which the operator failed to honour.

The state government on September 29, 2015 served the operator with a notice of termination of the franchise of the agreement. The operator pleaded for time to be able to identify other corridors and remove all its buses from the depot, a commitment it failed to uphold.”

Henceforth, there will be no buses on the Mile12 to CMS BRT corridor.

This termination takes place two months after the governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, commissioned the Mile 12-Ikorodu BRT Extension (BRT Classic) and launched 434 new BRT buses.